Show Plot Nevermore-The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe

Authors: written, composed, and directed by Jonathan Christenson.

Note: Alternative non-musical biographical plays about Poe titled Nevermore have also been written by playwrights like Dennis Paoli and Brian Crowe, but Christenson's musical is the most widely internationally toured and produced.

Time Period: 19th century/1847 around the final years and mysterious final days of Poe's life (Poe lived from 1809 to 1849), while looking backward across his entire lifespan from childhood onward.

Setting: The physical staging is set aboard a nineteenth-century passenger steamer traveling toward New York, which quickly transitions into a surreal, dreamlike memoryscape.

Summary: The theatrical work Nevermore—The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe is a dark, poetic musical biography exploring the tragic life and inner demons of the iconic American author.